V18.4Pedal cycle driver injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident

V18.4 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for pedal cycle driver injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident. It belongs to category V18 (pedal cycle rider injured in noncollision transport accident), block V10-V19 (pedal cycle rider injured in transport accident) and chapter 20 (external causes of morbidity). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 3 subcodes must be used instead.

Within V18 (pedal cycle rider injured in noncollision transport accident), V18.4 is specifically for pedal cycle driver injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident. Related codes cover pedal cycle driver injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident (V18.0), pedal cycle passenger injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident (V18.1), unspecified pedal cyclist injured in noncollision transport accident in nontraffic accident (V18.2), person boarding or alighting a pedal cycle injured in noncollision transport accident (V18.3), pedal cycle passenger injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident (V18.5) and unspecified pedal cyclist injured in noncollision transport accident in traffic accident (V18.9).

Codes in this range require a 7th character: A for initial encounter, D for subsequent encounter and S for sequela. Use placeholder "X" characters to fill any empty positions before the 7th character.

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.